I just recently did a clean install of XP on my R61.
Now that i have installed XP, my computer is quite snappy and i don't want to mar the speeds by installing unnecessary software. However, i read in one of the posts (i don't really remember which one and i have been trying to find it) that the Thinkvantage Power Manager is a very useful application and must be installed at all times.
Can someone please advise me, if i should install this application and if i install it what will be the appropriate settings to keep?
Thanks & regards
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Yes, you should install the program. The settings are user preference, it all depends on how you plan on using your system.
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I most of the times keep my PC connected to the power source and only occasionally use it on battery power. So keeping this in mind, can you please advise me on the best profile for me.
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I use windows to manage my power it is one less peice of Lenovo software to bog down my computer after a clean install of Vista Ultimate 64bit.
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Windows power gives you all the stuff that power manager does EXCEPT for the battery management options (like setting charge level thresholds) and the global power settings, which is where it lets you make overall power settings that will apply to every power profile you make/choose.
Personally, I think it's worth the system resource use because it allows me to manage battery charge levels which leads to longer battery lifespan (i.e 4 years of good charge vs. 3 years of good charge). -
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Thanks a lot Arkit3kt for your guidance.
If the laptop is switched off and plugged in, will the battery be charged?
P.S. You have changed your graphic... -
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My signature? Yes, I changed it a bit.
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I set the processor to the "lowest" wehn on battery, just like you do. I had this to "Adaptive", maybe more responsive but more battery-hungry too!
I can easily get 3 1/2 hours of battery now, with wifi on. -
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Have you measure the difference in battery between "lowest" and "adaptive" in processor ? -
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'Adaptive' would have to adjust to your activities so the battery life would vary. But if you keep your activities to a bare minimum, the battery life between 'Lowest' and 'Adaptive' would be similar. -
Is there a difference between Adaptive and Highest? Setting it on highest still shows speedstep working on RMClock... Weird...
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and "adaptive" that it will work lower and only if it needs to then it will approach to full throttle (but on exactly).
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How are peoples batteries holding up? I've had my laptop for 3 weeks now. The other day power manager popped up a message saying my battery is only at 99% now. Looking at it, it says designed capacity 56.16 Wh, full charge capacity 55.94 Wh. How normal is this?
My 3 year old Dell has 45% wear, so if this is 99% wear already, dunno how it will be later on. -
Power manager has problems under Vista 64bit:
1. Sometimes it will cause explore.exe can't start when windows start.
2. If no window at max, the color of the battery icon will be very dim
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Thinkvantage Power Manager
Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by faisalsiddiqui, Mar 27, 2008.